The Stuttgart Police Department is investigating a second-degree domestic battery charge after a woman told police she was beat with a baseball bat Thursday.

At 11:38 p.m. officers responded to the intersection of Seventh and Vine streets. As SPD Ptl. Cody Eason was arriving he witnessed a black male running north across Seventh Street.

“I got out of my car and the female subject was across the street and stated that the subject running, 'just hit me.' I then pursued the male subject,” Eason wrote in his incident report released Friday.

A neighbor told Eason the man had ran inside a residence. Officers surrounded the residence in the 900 block of Seventh and the 26-year-old Stuttgart man came out the front door on the west side of the property and gave himself up. He told police he had hit his girlfriend in the head with a baseball bat.

The man admitted to hitting the woman and told officers the bat was behind the couch. He gave consent for the police to search the residence. He was placed under arrest.

“As I enter(ed) the residence I noticed directly behind the front door (was) a black hair piece and a coat lying on the floor near some cabinets. There was blood all over the floor next to the items. I then entered the living room where I found a wooden baseball bat with blood on the end of the bat,” Eason said.

The 25-year-old victim was transported to Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart for her injuries, but was able to speak to police. She told officers the argument started after she brought food to the home. When she tried to leave her boyfriend grabbed the bat and started to hit her several times.

She was able to run from the man and made it next door to call police.

Possible charges include second-degree domestic battery with physical injury, which is a felony charge. Names are not being released at this time due to the ongoing investigaiton.